The Writing
Essays on living
the unbound life.
Writing on identity, freedom, integrity, and the cost of living a life that is not yours. Published since 1997.
The Question Not on the Table
There is a table you do not see, because it does not look like a table. It looks like a mood. It...
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What the Far Shore Is Made Of | Getting Past the Hurt
On release, and on the crossings that never finish Everyone wants to know how the story ends. After the wound and the...
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The Watcher – There is someone standing between you and your life.
You cannot see him, because he stands behind your eyes, facing the same direction you face. He watches everything you watch. He...
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I Will Not Dim Before I Am Done
There are poems that decorate language, and then there are poems that indict the soul. Dylan Thomas’ villanelle, written in 1951 as...
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When You Smell Smoke, It Doesn’t Mean There’s a Fire
The nervous system is an overachiever. It hears a creak in the rafters and drafts the evacuation plan. It catches a hint...
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Guilt and Shame are NOT Motivators in Freedom
Guilt is a familiar weight, isn’t it? That creeping sensation that whispers, You should have done more. You should have been better....
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People Can’t Touch Me.
The End of Anxiety: How I Deal with Intensity, Contempt, and Triggers Without Losing Myself I haven’t felt anxiety in over 670...
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The Solitude We Fear and the Self We Find
To be alone is often a fear most cannot consider, much less face. The silence of solitude terrifies because it leaves us...
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The Power of Touch. And it’s crutch – this man’s thoughts
When a Man is Wanted, Loved, Touched, and Known I’ve lived through the seasons of what it feels like to be wanted...
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I Quit. Finding Myself in the Clouds of Culture [June 6, 2024]
[Yesterday, Oct 20, 2024, I commented in my sermon that I had divorced from the old me. It reminded me of my...
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